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Sat 13 Nov, 2010 07:16 pm
Do you have a word for someone who has not lived up to expectations of his parents who want him to become a world-famous pianist, or similarly a word for a minister who has not live up to the expectation of the emperor who wants him to perform well?
@fansy,
I can only think of "a disappointment"
@dlowan,
Yes.
Like the manager of the Walkabout pub in London who was looking forward to having his pub full of cheerful, hard-drinking Aussies last night.